The worst mistake you ever made{quilting}?
03-14-2011, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by bigdogmom
I had couple of glasses of wine then cut the backing out for a flannel/jean quilt (for football games), was off by about 6 inches all around, bad thing was I actually tried to attach the top and back before I realized what I did. Just cut a complimentary boarder out of a different flannel, no one knew but of course I told everyone!
03-14-2011, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TXyankee
Snipping quilt while snipping thread? Did it last week-- but on the front of the block! I've done it all (except sewing my clothes to the quilt) lol
03-15-2011, 12:36 AM
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The last quilt I did I sewed the blocks together and after sandwiching it together found that one whole row of blocks were upside down. I quilted up to the wrong blocks then unpicked the binding, sashing and blocks and turned it all around before finishing the quilt. I blame my grandkids for distracting my though patterns.
03-15-2011, 01:27 AM
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Oh Lord I have made my fair share of silly mistakes...but the one that tops the cake is when I got my very first sewing machine. I was determined to free motion quilt although I had no idea what free motion quilting was or how I would do it. I remembered seeing a tv show years ago that did something similar to it, telling my Mom, "Oh yeah, isn't it called crazy stitching or something like that?" At the time I was new to my machine and barely knew how to use it....
I made a baby quilt and I free motioned the CRAP out if it...but I failed to drop the feeds or change my foot!!! I just about burned the motor out of that machine with that little quilt, you could smell it smoking as I was jerking the pieces back and forth for a few hours!!! OH my gosh I just had no idea then. Lol*
I made a baby quilt and I free motioned the CRAP out if it...but I failed to drop the feeds or change my foot!!! I just about burned the motor out of that machine with that little quilt, you could smell it smoking as I was jerking the pieces back and forth for a few hours!!! OH my gosh I just had no idea then. Lol*
03-16-2011, 06:29 PM
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Sew a lot in my night gown. I have pinched a part of my woman anatomy between the handles of the scissors when I went to cut. I didn't realize how much pressure you put on those handles to cut. Boy do I ever now. Did you get a smile out of that? Hope so, if not I'll have to send you one of my really bad jokes.
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03-16-2011, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by rob529
Sew a lot in my night gown. I have pinched a part of my woman anatomy between the handles of the scissors when I went to cut. I didn't realize how much pressure you put on those handles to cut. Boy do I ever now. Did you get a smile out of that? Hope so, if not I'll have to send you one of my really bad jokes.
Robin in TX
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